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April 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| The electronic regulator is adjustable down to 1 bubble per every 10 seconds or 6 bubbles per minute. In a 20 gallon tank your rate should be roughly 8 bubbles per minute. Also, at 8 bubbles per minute a 5lb cyclinder will last well over a year. That's about $20 per year for your co2 injection after the initial expense of course. | 
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April 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Thanks again for the info! Back to your thread ...I didn't mean to derail it! | 
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April 18th, 2009
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| Updated photo. The plants are pearling like crazy. All the river gravel will be coming out this weekend and I will be replacing it with the substrate from aquariumplants.com that arrived today. It will be an all weekend project I'm sure but will be well worth it. CO2 setup should arrive early next week and I will post pics of that install as well. I will also be throwing out many plants this weekend as aqauriumplants.com is doing a custom aquascape for me. Once the substrate and co2 is done it will be ready for all the new plants. | |
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April 19th, 2009
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| Start to finish gravel swap.... Wht a job that was on a 125G tank! It took almost 8 hours to complete but the most time consuming thing was washing the new gravel. I did find about 30-40 what I believe to be guppy fry that must have been hiding in the plants. Here are some photos of the swap... | |
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April 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| I love the new gravel!!!  | |
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April 19th, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Speedy  I love the new gravel!!! | +1! 
Any hints as to the new plant stock or do we have to wait for pics? | |
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April 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Cool pics! Thanks for sharing! | |
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May 26th, 2009
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| Updated: with photos
So it's been a month or so since the substrate change and I got the new co2 system setup and added some plants. Manzanita branches and other goodies will be here this week. Tell me what you guys think... | |
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May 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Everything is looking great. Look at all the pearling and the pink! Those are some very happy plants there. 
So how do you like the new Co2 System. I have been looking forward to your results. Is the bubble count as accurate as it seemed? | |
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May 26th, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Nate McFin Everything is looking great. Look at all the pearling and the pink! Those are some very happy plants there.
So how do you like the new Co2 System. I have been looking forward to your results. Is the bubble count as accurate as it seemed? | Nate: Thanks for the kind words. The plants are doing great and I couldn't be happier with the results. I am super happy with the co2 system. The bubble count is very accurate but it took some tweaking to understand their regulator. Their regulator actually lets you control bubble count and bubble size. Put those 2 things together with the pH controller and it takes some figuring. It took me about a week to get the correct timing, bubble count, bubble size, and co2 concentration to be correct. I ordered a drop checker from GLA which shipped out today which will be the last piece to ensure I have the absolute best concentration and maintain the correct amount of co2 throughout the photo period.
On a side note...All of my dry fertilizers should be here this week and I will begin EI dosing. I am new to EI dosing but have read a ton about it and hope it will work for me. I plan to do a full write up on my dosing regimen if everything works as planned.
Last edited by MPrudent; May 26th, 2009 at 08:20 PM.
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May 26th, 2009
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| Looking forward to the result with EI method!
Did you set up the Co2 with fish in the tank? If so any trouble with overdosing or anything. It has me a little concerned trying to adjust things when I am at work so often and unable to keep a close eye on things. | |
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May 27th, 2009
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| I did set the co2 system up with fish in the tank... I made sure to watch my water parameters closely for the first week or so. I had zero casualties and everyone is still healthy and active. | |
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May 28th, 2009
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| New goodies have arrived....All the dry ferts and drop checker are here. Manzanita package shipped out today so I should get it on Tuesday of next week....too bad I have to soak it for a few weeks. | |
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June 3rd, 2009
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| Update: EI dosing for one week and the plants are definately showing signs of improvement. Also, manzanita branches showed up today. I am going to soak the for 2-3 weeks and then they will be going into the tank. | |
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June 14th, 2009
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| New scape, new plants, more lights. | |
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June 14th, 2009
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|  Beautiful! | |
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June 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Amazing Tank, very nice!! | |
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June 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Tank is looking great. I really like the new scape very nice placement of the driftwood.
Thanks for the update as always. | |
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